1. financial protection against loss or harm: an arrangement by which a company gives customers financial protection against loss or harm such as theft or illness in return for payment premium
2. money paid by insurance company: the sum of money that an insurance company pays or agrees to pay if a specific undesirable event occurs
3. premium: the payment made to obtain insurance My car insurance has gone up again.
4. insurance business: the commercial business of providing insurance
5. means of protection: an act, measure, or provision that gives protection against an undesirable event or risk provided a map as insurance against getting lost
adjective
Definition:
sports preventing of opponent from tying game: in some sports, relating to an act of scoring that increases a team's lead to the extent that the other side cannot tie the game in a single play
[15th century. < Old French enseürance< enseürer (see ensure)]
The correct pronunciation of insurance places primary stress on the second syllable /in shrənss, /, not on the first syllable /ín shrənss, /.
